Argumentative Essay: Is The Iraq War Justified?

“The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security,” George McGovern. In other words the Iraq War has caused for the nation’s security to diminish.Even though the U.S faced terrorist threats and attacks, the Iraq war was not justified because there was no valid reason for going to war and the nation went further into debt. One of the major reasons was the cost the war had, the overall cost was over 1.7 trillion dollars. That was not all the government spent on the Iraq though, there was over 400 billion dollars spent on the war vets, but in the next four decades the cost would increase. This could

He would use poison gas on his enemies and had no remorse. Close to the end of the war the reign of Saddam Hussein ended with his death. The downfall of Saddam Hussein was the biggest highlight of the Iraq War. Like all wars many lives were lost, but in my opinion in this war the lost lives in this war were unjustified. We could’ve saved thousands of lives by not joining the seven year war. Over 200,00 thousand lives were lost and many more were left severely injured and disabled. If we were to include the journalists, reporters and humanitarian workers the death toll would rise another 100,000. Not only did the U.S lose hundreds of thousands of citizens but so did Iraq. Iraqi soldiers lost was about the same as the United States death toll but that doesn’t include thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens. One of the biggest question being asked about the war is, is Iraq better off after the war? The U.S went to fight for democracy and tried to strengthen it after the war. The democracy project established by President George W. Bush is so far failing it’s purpose. After the U.S troops left Iraq, Iraq began to function as a failed democracy. The Iraqi government fails to gain control of many territories in Iraq. Many Iraqis agree that Iraq was better of before the

The United States went to war with Iraq with a goal to eliminate terrorism. The United States declared war on Iraq after the terrorist events of 9/11. On September 11, 2001 the Al- Qaeda extremist group led by Osama bin Laden led a series of events that caused over thousands of innocent citizens to die. On this day United States vowed to fight terrorism, citizens were furious and seeked justice for the acts. The United States did manage to find and kill Osama Bin Laden , they found him in a room with two guns surrounding him, they shot and killed him. President Obama did say, ‘Justice, has been served,” in other words Obama said that Osama Bin Laden has gotten his sentence and has finally been able to pay for his crimes. Osama Bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia and was born to the owner of the biggest construction company in the Saudi Kingdom. Bin Laden had a privileged life, his siblings were educated in the west. Osama Bin Laden on the other hand preferred to stay close to home, he studied in Jihad and like many young men he joined the Islamic group. For Bin Laden Islamic was more than a religion to him, he revolved his way of life,his political beliefs and became a follower of the radical Abdullah Azzam. Azzam was a scholar and choose to take bin Laden under his wing and teach him his ways. Osama bin Laden vowed that it would be Al-Qaeda and not the Americans who would be ruler of this